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Jamestown Colony
Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement in North America. -
Invention
Hans Lippershey invented the refracting telescope. -
Plymouth Colony
Plymouth Colony was the second permanent English settlement. -
Invention
Cornelis Drebbel invented the human-powered submarine. -
Invention
William Oughtred invented the slide rule. -
The Pequot War
the Pequot War was fought in 1636–1637 by the Pequot people against a coalition of English settlers. it was the first sustained conflict between Native Americans and Europeans. -
Invention
Blaise Pascal invented the adding machine. -
Governor Kieft's War
Governor Kieft's War was an unprovoked attacked against the Raritan for their refusal to pay tribute. the war lasted until 1645. -
Charles I Executed
King Charles I was executed for treason. Self-righteous, arrogant, unscrupulous, and he had a penchant for making bad decisions. -
Invention
Christian Huygens invented the pendulum clock. -
Esopus Wars
This was the biggest battle between the Esopus tribe and colonists from the Netherlands. Tensions rose between the Esopus and the colonists when the Dutch started building settlements around 1652. The wars lasted from 1659-1663. -
Yale College
Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, is one of the Ivy League schools. It was created in 1665 and is the third oldest university in the United States. Yale was originally chartered by the colonial legislature of Connecticut as the Collegiate School and was held at Killingworth and other locations. -
King Philip's War
King Philip's War, also known as Metacom's War was an armed conflict between English colonists and the American Indians of New England. It was the Native-American's last major effort to drive the English colonists out of New England. -
Bacon's Rebellion
The trouble began in July 1675 with a raid by the Doeg Indians on the plantation of Thomas Mathews. The dispute began over the nonpayment of some items Mathews had apparently obtained from the tribe. -
Salem Witch Trials
The infamous Salem witch trials began during the spring of 1692, after a group of young girls in Salem Village, Massachusetts, claimed to be possessed by the devil and accused several local women of witchcraft. A special court convened in Salem to hear the cases. Those found guilty were hanged.
